Peach Blossom 500

Rockingham Speedway — March 13, 1966

Paul Goldsmith

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Paul Goldsmith won the 1966 Peach Blossom 500 at Rockingham Speedway on March 13, 1966, leading 159 of 500 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, March 13, 1966

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1966

Winner

Paul Goldsmith

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	500	—	Running	159	2600
2	8	+6	Cale Yarborough	Matthews Racing		500	—	Running	177	2496
3	19	+16	Bobby Allison	Betty Lilly (Owner)		488	—	Running	—	2392
4	27	+23	Harold Smith	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		480	—	Running	—	2288
5	24	+19	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		477	—	Running	—	2184
6	26	+20	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		474	—	Running	—	2080
7	14	+7	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		472	—	Running	—	1976
8	2	-6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	470	—	Running	25	1872
9	35	+26	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		466	—	Running	—	1768
10	38	+28	Worth McMillion	Allen McMillion (Owner)		452	—	Running	—	1664
11	13	+2	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)		444	—	DNF	—	1560
12	29	+17	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing		430	—	Running	—	1456
13	15	+2	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing		424	—	DNF - Engine	—	1352
14	16	+2	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		424	—	Running	—	1248
15	32	+17	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Plymouth	423	—	DNF - Engine	—	1144
16	44	+28	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		420	—	Running	—	1040
17	6	-11	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		402	—	DNF - Engine	17	936
18	3	-15	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers Racing		376	—	DNF - Crash	12	832
19	12	-7	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	302	—	DNF - Engine	—	728
20	17	-3	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	276	—	DNF - Engine	33	624
21	25	+4	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis (Owner)	Plymouth	275	—	DNF - Engine	—	520
22	33	+11	Tiny Lund	Larry DeBeau (Owner)		267	—	DNF - Engine	—	416
23	42	+19	Gene Black	Gene Black (Owner)		266	—	DNF	—	312
24	39	+15	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		221	—	DNF - Engine	—	208
25	22	-3	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	196	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
26	10	-16	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		193	—	DNF - Engine	24	104
27	28	+1	Bub Strickler	Curtis Satterfield (Owner)		148	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
28	43	+15	Gene Cline	Gene Cline (Owner)		147	—	DNF	—	104
29	5	-24	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody		132	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
30	9	-21	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	131	—	DNF - Engine	26	104
31	37	+6	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		101	—	DNF	—	104
32	18	-14	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne (Owner)	Dodge	89	—	DNF	17	104
33	21	-12	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
34	23	-11	Bunkie Blackburn	Jim Bangsberry (Owner)		53	—	DNF	—	104
35	11	-24	Darel Dieringer	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	52	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
36	7	-29	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)		35	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
37	4	-33	Bobby Isaac	Junior Johnson & Associates		34	—	DNF - Crash	10	104
38	30	-8	Toy Bolton	Toy Bolton (Owner)		27	—	DNF	—	104
39	41	+2	Joel Davis	Harold Mays (Owner)	Plymouth	17	—	DNF	—	104
40	36	-4	Harold Dunnaway		Plymouth	14	—	DNF	—	104
41	20	-21	Tom Pistone	Pistone Racing		13	—	DNF	—	104
42	40	-2	Tex McCullough	Seifert Racing		5	—	DNF	—	104
43	34	-9	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		4	—	DNF	—	104
44	31	-13	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	0	—	DNF	—	104